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ALCOR LIFE EXTENSION FOUND. v. RICHARDSON

No. 09-1255.

785 N.W.2d 717 (2010)

ALCOR LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David RICHARDSON and Darlene Broeker, Individually and Co-Administrators of the Estate of Orville Martin Richardson, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

May 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Vernon and Webb L. Wassmer of Simmons, Perrine, Moyer, Bergman, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Gerald D. Goddard and John D. Cray of Cray, Goddard, Miller, Taylor & Chelf, L.L.P., Burlington, for appellee.

Thomas D. Waterman and Wendy S. Meyer of Lane & Waterman, L.L.P., Davenport, for amicus curiae Iowa Donor Network.

Heard by VAITHESWARAN, P.J., and POTTERFIELD and MANSFIELD, JJ.

MANSFIELD, J.

This dispute over a decedent's remains raises significant issues under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, the Final Disposition Act, and Iowa law pertaining to disinterments. See Iowa Code ch. 142C, ch. 144C, § 144.34 (2009). In 2004 Orville Richardson made arrangements with Alcor Life Extension Foundation to take possession of his remains and cryopreserve his head after he passed away. When Orville died in 2009, however, Orville's...

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